Bourdain, no contest. Dude's a five star French chef with comfort food sensibilities. I like the fact he doesn't blow smoke up anyone's ass and pretty much calls it as he sees it. Excellent writer as well... check out Kitchen Confidential if you get a chance- the guy certainly has a crazy past.

Yeah he sure has some stories huh? I read Kitchen Confidential in about 3 days, just couldn't put it down.

I like No Reservations. The Bizarre Foods guy (Andrew Zimmern) is just over the top. He eats total shit and pretends to enjoy it. "Mmmmm, these raw goat balls are salty and wonderful!" Anthony Boudrain is just a cool dude. Ridiculously good chef, and travels to places on earth with very esoteric yet plausibly delicious tastes in food. I get that "I'm about to puke" spitty mouth feeling when I watch Bizarre Foods. No Reservations actually makes me want to travel and eat.

Right now, my wife and I are on a No Reservations kick, as we've never really watched the show before. We like both Bizarre Foods and No Reservations equally since they give the viewer a different vantage point. I find Bourdain funny, but can see where others find him standoffish.

Triple D is awesome because it puts a spotlight on quality places that you may or may not know about. I guess the only issue with it is regulars are going to be waiting a bit longer now for their food once their spot is highlighted by Guy and his highlights.

I really enjoyed Man v. Food when it first started, but now I'm to the point where it's just not entertaining anymore.

Bobby Flay is ok. To me, he comes off as a smug Napoleon type guy, so I enjoy it when he's defeated on Throwdown! He does some good stuff though.

Triple D is awesome because it puts a spotlight on quality places that you may or may not know about. I guess the only issue with it is regulars are going to be waiting a bit longer now for their food once their spot is highlighted by Guy and his highlights.

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yup like G&A's this weekend. they had a whole bus of tourists there. had to cram to find a seat, couldnt get any fries and gravy b/c those tourists had put in a bizzilion orders before us.

i tried to act mad but truth be told i didnt know about G&As until i saw it on D, D & D myself.

watched zimmerman eat down in tazania (sp?), boy he ate some nasty ish. so nasty he didnt even try to play it off or even attempt to eat some of the stuff like the skin flap of a cows toe that was raised in africa.

I like No Reservations. The Bizarre Foods guy (Andrew Zimmern) is just over the top. He eats total shit and pretends to enjoy it. "Mmmmm, these raw goat balls are salty and wonderful!" Anthony Boudrain is just a cool dude. Ridiculously good chef, and travels to places on earth with very esoteric yet plausibly delicious tastes in food. I get that "I'm about to puke" spitty mouth feeling when I watch Bizarre Foods. No Reservations actually makes me want to travel and eat.

def with you on this

zimmern is typically a more "in my host's face" role though so he has to be more complimentary

yup like G&A's this weekend. they had a whole bus of tourists there. had to cram to find a seat, couldnt get any fries and gravy b/c those tourists had put in a bizzilion orders before us.

i tried to act mad but truth be told i didnt know about G&As until i saw it on D, D & D myself.

watched zimmerman eat down in tazania (sp?), boy he ate some nasty ish. so nasty he didnt even try to play it off or even attempt to eat some of the stuff like the skin flap of a cows toe that was raised in africa.

bourdain had an excellent show in saudi arabia last night.

my fav cooking show is chopped or iron chef thoo.

that saudi arabian one was not new by any means, maybe not more than a year old or so, but nothing new

anyone that's kind of gotten tired of "Good Eats" or whatever? I still highly respect Alton Brown but the show just doesn't do the same for me anymore.. not to mention comparing some of his methods to mine I don't quite get the impact that some of his exactitude should display, I mean I've learned a lot from him, but some of his methods don't seem like they matter as much as they might seem

he's still my go-to on several methods though, especially beef preparation and cooking